Virginia Woolf — The Waves

London, The Hogarth Press, 1946 . Cloth. The fifth impression of the Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's experimental novel, in the scarce publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Kirkpatrick's bibliography notes 'although works in the Uniform Edition are described as a 'New Edition' to the verso of the title page, they are in fact reprints of the first edition&apos. Kirkpatrick A16c.Arranged in a series of cryptic and ambiguous soliloquies, spanning the lives of the six central characters, this was Woolf's most experimental work.Readers can see some of Woolf's friends in the characters in this novel; in particular E. M. Forster in the writer Bernard, T. S. Eliot in the outsider Louis, Lytton Strachey in Neville, Mary Hutchinson in the socialite Jinny, Vanessa Bell in the fleeing Susan, and Thoby Stephen in Percival.Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to spine head, otherwise firmly bound. Inscription to front free endpaper. Discolouration to dust wrapper back strip, with small loss of paper to back strip tail, and further loss and edge wear to back strip head. Ink mark to front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, but clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.